Updates — Interview with Joel, etc.
“As It Happens” phone interview with Joel Tenenbaum about Thomas-Rasset.
pierce law students settle RIAA case.
A student perspective on 6/5’s hearing
Posted by Debbie Rosenbaum
As JFB team’s student publicity person, I spend a lot of time explaining what other people are doing and describing the collective experience of being part of this unique effort. I wanted to take this opportunity to talk about yesterday’s hearing from my perspective.
For an aspiring lawyer like me, yesterday was truly [...]
joel’s version of today’s hearing
Posted by Joel Tenenbaum
Time is on my side
Always a blessing to witness Professor Charlie Nesson at his oratorical heights.
At 2:30 today we passed our next mile marker on the highway to trial. My mom and I met with Debbie in front of the stunning Moakley courthouse, (my deepest compliments to Jung Brannen associates) and waiting. [...]
First Circuit Hearing- Part 4
Final part with Danial Cloherty’s rebuttal. Also see parts 1 (Cloherty), 2 (Sherman), and 3 (Nesson), which have been updated with minor edits. Thanks to Alter_Fritz for the enhanced audio! -yvette
Written on April 24, 2009 | Posted in About Us, Joel's Case, News, anecdotes, featured, videos | 3 Comments
Aren’t These the “People’s Courts”?
By guest writer Jason Harrow, 1L at Harvard Law School, who attended the First Circuit Oral Hearings. See his initial post here.
Joel’s brief before the First Circuit stated that “public access to the courtroom is a power and responsibility of the law.” This should be uncontroversial; after all, the Sixth Amendment makes explicit that “the [...]
How much is enough?
Many of the people being sued by the recording industry are people who don’t have much money. You are probably familiar with the story of Brittany Kruger, who offered to pay $2,000, but was told that the settlement figure of $8,100 was not negotiable. Brittany writes:
“I make about $4,500 in a YEAR working at Dairy [...]
Mr. Atkinson’s settlement
The way the RIAA sues you for downloading music is extremely cunning. As Judge Nancy Gertner puts it, it’s like squeezing water out of a rock. They sue you, an amount that is large, but still smaller than what it would take to actually fight it out in court. You settle because that is the [...]